The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM IN LIBYA Multiple dust plumes blew off the coast of Libya and over the Mediterranean Sea in early February 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80419&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Feb 07, 2013 (Posted on Feb 12, 2013 3:04 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 ne ...Continue Reading

Feb. 13, 2013 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Megan Watzke Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Mass. 617-496-7998 mwatzke@cfa.harvard.edu RELEASE: 13-045 NASA'S CHANDRA SUGGESTS RARE EXPLOSION CREATED OUR GALAXY'S YOUNGEST BLACK HOLE WASHINGTON -- New data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory suggest a highly distorted supernova remnant may contain the most recent black hole formed in the Milky Way galaxy. The remnant appears to be the product of a rare explos ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Feb 13 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 44 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Feb 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1667 N22W77 201 0040 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1670 N17W42 166 0170 Dai 08 12 Beta-Gamma 1671 N14 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (12 February 2013) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * World of Change: Green Seasons of Maine http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WorldOfChange/westenfield.php?src=eoa-features Not many places on Earth have year-round greenery and four distinct seasons. The images in this series show the four seasons of Maine, the most forest-covered state in the U.S.A. ------------------- ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM IN NEW MEXICO Dust plumes blew over parts of Mexico, New Mexico, and Texas in early February 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80416&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Feb 09, 2013 (Posted on Feb 11, 2013 4:47 PM) ---------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Feb. 12, 2013 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-048 NASA'S ORION LANDS SAFELY ON TWO OF THREE PARACHUTES IN TEST WASHINGTON -- NASA engineers have demonstrated the agency's Orion spacecraft can land safely if one of its three main parachutes fails to inflate during deployment. The test was conducted Tuesday in Yuma, Ariz., with the parachutes attached to a test article. Eng ...Continue Reading

Feb. 12, 2013 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Alan Buis Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0474 alan.buis@jpl.nasa.gov Janet Wilson University of California, Irvine 949-824-3969 janethw@uci.edu RELEASE: 13-049 NASA SATELLITE DATA FIND FRESHWATER LOSSES IN MIDDLE EAST WASHINGTON -- A new study using data from a pair of gravity-measuring NASA satellites finds that large parts of the arid Middle East region lost freshwater reserves rapidly durin ...Continue Reading

The NASA Fellowship in the History of Space Technology, offered by SHOT and supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) History Division, will fund one predoctoral or postdoctoral fellow for up to one academic year to undertake a research project related to the history of space technology. The fellowship may support advanced research related to all aspects of space history, leading to publications on the history of space technology broadly considered, including cultural and intellectual histo ...Continue Reading

The _*Fellowship in Aerospace History*_, supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (_NASA_), annually funds one or more research projects for six months to one year. Proposals of advanced research in history related to all aspects of aerospace, from the earliest human interest in flight to the present, are eligible, including cultural and intellectual history, economic history, history of law and public policy, and history of science, engineering, and management. The fellowship is open to applican ...Continue Reading

**************************The History of Science Society is now accepting applications for the 2013-14 HSS/NASA Fellowship in the History of Space Science. The Fellowship, supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) History Division, funds a nine-month research project that is related to any aspect of the history of space science, from the earliest human interest in space to the present. The program is broadly conceived and includes the social, cultural, institutional and personal context ...Continue Reading